Cinnamon bread

A friend of mine passed me the link of this wonderful bread, from the Pioneer Woman.

My bread was a bit too dry because I got impatient while kneading the dough and thus I added more flour than the necessary, but it tasted great anyways. Toasted or not it's a yummy breakfast and it looks soooo good... ^^

Ingredients:

75g white sugar
85g butter
245ml whole milk
415g all-purpose flour
2 eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
75g white sugar + 2 tablespoons cinnamon + 2 tablespoons melted butter

Method:

1. Melt butter with milk. Heat until very warm, but don’t boil. Allow to cool until still warm to the touch, but not hot.
2. Sprinkle yeast over the top and stir gently. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.
3. In another bowl, mix sugar and eggs until combined.
4. Pour in milk/butter/yeast mixture and stir to combine.
5. Combine the flour and the salt and add half of it to the liquid mixture. When combined, add the other half and mix well.
6. Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes. If it's too sticky add 30g flour and knead for another 5 minutes (the dough ought to be a little sticky after the kneading).
7. Heat a metal or glass mixing bowl so it’s warm. Drizzle in a little olive oil, then toss the dough in the oil to coat. Cover bowl in plastic wrap and set it in a warm place for at least 2 hours.
8. Turn dough out onto the work surface. Roll into a neat rectangle no wider than the loaf pan you're going to use.
9. Brush the dough with 2 tablespoons of melted butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon together, then sprinkle evenly over the buttered dough.
10. Starting at the far end, roll dough towards you, keeping it tight and contained. Pinch the seam to seal.
11. Smear a loaf pan with softened butter. Place the dough, seam down, in the pan. Cover with plastic wrap and allow to rise for 2 hours.
12. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
13. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes on a middle/lower rack.
14. Remove from the pan and allow bread to cool.